Thursday, 13 March 2014

Turkish Cuisine

SAVORY DISHES
WİNE LEAVE WRAPS WİTH OLİVE OİL 

INGREDITENS             MEASURE                             AMOUNT       
WİNE LEAVES                                                                  150 g
WATERS                        2,3 CUPS                                   550 g
SALT                               3 TEA SPOONS                           18g
ONION                            6 BIG                                           600
OLIVE OIL                      ¾ CUP                                       150 g
PİNE NUTS                     2 TABLE SPOONS                      20g
RICE                                1 1/2 CUPS                               240g
SUGAR                            2 TEASPOONS                            8g
CURRNTS                        2 TABLESPOONS                     20g
PARSLEY                         1 SMALL SIZE BUNCH             40g
DILL                                   1 SMALL SIZE BUNCH            30g
FRESH MİNT                     10-15 LEAVES                          10g
CINNAMON                        ¾ TEASPOON                       1.5 g
BLACK PAPER                   ¾ TEASPOON                        1.5g
ALL SPACE                         ½ TEASPOON                           2g
LEMON JUCE                      2 TABLESPOONS                   20g
LEMON                                1 MEDIUM SIZE                     100g
SERVING   6 

    PREPARATION

    Wash the vine leaves and remove the coarse stems. Put the water and a teaspoon of salt in a pot. Bring to boil and add half of the leaves. Simmer them for 4-5 minutes, turning over once. Simmer the other half in similar fashion. Measure the cooking liquid and complete it to 2 3/4 cups and set aside. Peel the onions, wash and chop finely, place in pot together with oil and nuts, cover and sauté for 20 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally. Stir a few time with the lid removed so that the nuts are browned. Wash and drain the rice and add to the pot and stir a couple of times. Add the remaining salt, sugar and the 1 ¾ cups of the hot cooking liquid, stir and sprinkle with currants. Simmer it on first medium and then low heat for 10-15 minutes, until all the liquid is reduced. Wash the parsley and the dill and remove the stems and chop finely. Add them to the cooked rice together with mint, spices and the lemon juice and leave covered for 10 minutes. Place the vine leaves so that the side with veins face inside when wrapped. Place the prepared filling to one side, fold the side edges over he filling and then wrap it. Cover the bottom of a shallow saucepan with vine leaves and the removed parsley and dill stems and place the wrapped vine leaves over them.

     Place a heat-proof flat plate over the leave wraps (dolmas). Heat the remaining boiling liquid and add to the pan slowly, pouring from the edge of the dolmas. Cover and simmer over low heat for 50 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish when cool, and garnish with lemon slices.

    

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